Microbial Ecology of Extreme Environments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chénard, Caroline (Editor), Lauro, Federico M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.

This book explores microbial lifestyles, biochemical adaptations, and trophic interactions occurring in extreme environments. By summarizing the latest findings in the field it provides a valuable reference for future studies. Spark ideas for biotechnological and commercial exploitation of microbiom...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Ecogenomics of Deep-Ocean Microbial Bathytypes
• Adaptations of cold- and pressure-loving bacteria to the deep-sea environment: cell envelope and flagella
• Microbial electron transport in the deep subsurface
• Metagenomics of hyperthermophilic environments: biodiversity and biotechnology
• Crenarchaeal viruses of hot springs: diversity, ecology and co-evolution
• New insights into the microbial diversity of polar desert soils: a biotechnological perspective
• Exploring the viral ecology of high latitude aquatic systems
• The nature and relevance of solvent stress in microbes and mechanisms of tolerance
• Clouds: a transient and stressing habitat for microorganisms.